The Philippines should see a higher tuna catch starting next month after the country deployed 36 high-seas fishing vessels to the Pacific, a Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) official said. BFAR Director Asis G. Perez said the 36 vessels were destined for Pocket 1 of the Pacific Ocean for a five-month fishing trip. "The ships left on Sept. 25. It's a five-day journey so the vessels were expected to arrive on Oct. 1," Mr. Perez told a press briefing yesterday.

Higher tuna catch expected in Q4. (2012, October 16). Business World, p. S1/6.